Lisa R. Baker, Loretta A. Cormier

Disasters and Vulnerable Populations

Evidence-Based Practice for the Helping Professions

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Vulnerable populations such as children, older adults, and people with disabilities are disproportionately affected by large-scale disasters. This book is a valuable resource for students and professionals in the fields of social work, counselling, nursing, and mental health who need information on the best evidence-based interventions for disaster preparedness and response with these groups.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Publishing Company
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 482g
• ISBN-13: 9780826198457
• ISBN-10: 0826198457
• Artikelnr.: 40403402

Autorenporträt

Lisa R. Baker, PhD, MSW, is Associate Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Introduction
PART ONE OVERVIEW OF DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE
1. When Disaster Strikes: Disaster Response
2. Before the Storm: Preparedness
3. Crisis Intervention and the Mental Health Response
PART TWO VULNERABLE POPULATIONS
4. Pregnant Women, Infants and Children and Disaster
5. Persons with Disabilities and Disasters
6. Older Adults and Disasters
7. Persons with Chronic Mental Health Issues and Disasters
8. Persons with Alcohol and Substance Use/Abuse and Disasters
9. Persons with Animals and Pets in Disasters
10. Responder Self-Care
11. Final Considerations: Ethnic and Economic Diversity and Disasters
Appendix: Resources and Tools